The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-30
A Washington Sensation

Inc washington correspondent or the
Baltimore american says that there is a
secret organization of Democrats, with head
quarters in that city, whose object is to de-
feat the denomination of President Cleve-
land. According to this correspondent the
headquarters of the alleged organization are
over a fancy goods store on Pennsylvania
avenue, and he furnishes paragraph from
a pretended circular which he alleges is
being distributed by the organization, in
which it is declared that the administration
is controlled by Mugwump Republicans.
There are good reasons for thinking that
there is no such organization, and that the
report that there is such one was set afloat
by some one anxious to create political
sensation. The Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore sun, who doesn't take
much stock in sensational reports until he
finds that they have some foundation, asked
several Democratic Congressman who are
at present in Washington, whether they
had heard the report. All of them said
they had not, and expressed the opinion that
it was wholly unfounded. Senator Butler.
of South Carolina, characterized it as alb
surd The curious part of the report is that
which makes Southern Congressman respon-
sible for the organization. There is no part
of the country in which the President is
more popular than the South, and Southern
Congressman are not likely to form secret
organization for the purpose of defeating
his denomination.
There has been a marked tendency lately
on the part of Republican papers to attack
the President, and they miss no opportunity
to try to lessen his popularity Why is thiss
The reason is that the Republicans believe
that if he is renominated it will be about
impossible to prevent his reelection. What
they are aiming to do, therefore, is to pre-
vent his denomination. They understand
very well that he win draw larger vote
from the Republican party in 1888 than he
did in 1884, and their only hope for success
is in defeating his denomination.
They are using the incident of the battle
flags against him for all that it is worth,
and they are doing their utmost to impress
upon Democrats that the Mugwumps are
having more to do with shaping the policy
Of the administration than the Democrats
are. Although their scheme shows con-
siderable shrewdness it is not at all probable
that it will be successful MIR. Cleveland,
from present indications, will be renomi-
mated, and that, too, with very few
dissenting voices. The Democratic party
is too wise not TO choose as its candidate q
man whose election is assured. The Demo-
cratic leaders understand that the President
is not only very popular, but that his popu-
larity is steadily increasing, and they also
know that the cause of his popularity is his
unquestioned integrity and his watchful
care Of the interests of the whole country.
No one denies that he is administering the
government wisely and economically, and
that he is giving general satisfaction. The
Democratic party, therefore, is not likely to
abandon him for another candidate of
whose election there might be considerable
doubt
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